>>>>When a new forum for UniversalThread was introduced, it was set up as one of the forums for all users and new users. Same deal here - since it's a new forum, the only way to make people aware of it is to make it IN by default. Then everyone who doesn't care can take it out. Without setting it IN by default nobody will be subscribed to this new forum.
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>>>I understand that's the way it's working. I was agreeing with Sergey (and now Tamar and John) that opt-in would be a better way to handle it.
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>>It is very easy to miss an announcement, therefore nobody will be subscribed to this new forum if it would be optional new forum by default.
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>So you force the 50,000 who don't want it to opt out and the 3 that will use it to be okay ...

It's not me, it's Michel, but I understand his reasoning.